Evacuation and Other Questions
What was the most popular transport people used to evacuate children to different places?
train
What's it called when they turned all the lights off?
Blackout
What was the most popular form of communication since they didn't have TV?
radio
What year did rationing end?
1954
what does D-Day stand for?
Day Day
Name a Scottish city children were evacuated from.
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
What country did Germany invade first?
Poland
Name one reason why did very few people go on plane journeys?
expensive
took a long time
Name a food that wasn't rationed?
bread
vegetables
fish
What was the name of the day Europe won against the axis?
VE day
Name 2 things children HAD to take with them.
Ration book
Gas Mask
Identity Tag
What year did the blitz start in Scotland
1940
1941
1942
1941
Why did not many people buy frozen food?
They didn't have a freezer to store it in
How many eggs did adults get per week?
1
3
5
1
Why did Japan surrender?
The atomic bombs were dropped on 2 of their cities
what did the jews get put though?
Hollocaust
Which part of Scotland was the worst of the Blitz?
Clydebank
Name one thing that girls learnt in school that boys didn't and one thing boys learnt that girls didn't
sewing and cooking for girls
metal and woodwork for boys
Name something that's not a food that was rationed
petrol
furniture
clothes
When did Japan surrender?
15th August 1945
Name the 3 main axes countries
Germany, Japan, Italy
What were the names of the two types of bunkers?
Anderson shelters
Morrison Shelter
What did a telephone call have to go through to be connected the caller to the person they were calling?
exchange
What did the government produce to encourage people to grow their own food?
propoganda
How many days did Hitler hide underground for?
105